After the deluge of a Spring that we’ve had, it is finally sunny and warm today. My tomatoes are standing tall with their leaves turned upwards, thanking the heavens for the warmth. My spirit is sunny today too, if you’ll pardon the metaphor. And I think it’s because I decided I’ve had enough of the “should’s in my life. Seriously,… Read More
Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness! (~Thomas Blackburn, “An Easter Hymn”) Guess who else is digging Spring? A Young Lady who’s birthday falls not long after Easter! So we celebrated in true Spring style with colors galore and Petit Princes who wanted to arrange things just so and a medley of baking and caking and… Read More
That’s probably a grammatically incorrect title, starting it with the word “why.” Starting anything with the word “why.” Or having truncated phrases with no correct subject-verb-object and treating them as sentences, for that matter. Gritting your teeth yet? But I did want you to know why I garden. It’s not like I need more things to do … This is Petit… Read More
I have a love-hate relationship with my garden. On one hand I feel pressured by it because things have to be trimmed at just the right time, hoed and planted at just the right time, weeded and harvested at just the right time, preserved or used at just the right time. It’s another burden of must-do’s added to my full… Read More
I started this morning by baking chocolate cookies with peanut butter chips and cleaning the kitchen (simultaneously) since we are having friends over tonight. (Thank you Amina for my Cath Kidson cookie cover. I also promised to bring a treat when I go to my new friend’s house for coffee – a treat presented in a little Easter-decorated goodie bag…. Read More
This morning I went for a follow-up ultrasound – not because I was worried, but because I always follow the doctor’s orders. I have nothing to complain about in my physical recovery, so I assumed all was well and didn’t bother doing the ultrasound at the hospital as they recommended. I just went to a local place that’s only 5… Read More
